The other day, I was with my Dad and one of my best friends and we were
getting ready to go parasailing. I was really nervous, and there were two old
couples with us. We had never met them before. Just as I was about to go
parasail, one of the old men poked me. He was one of those really cute old
men, you know the ones we all love? He asked me if I was going to be all
right. I flashed him a smile that said, "No big deal." But the man grabbed my
arm and looked me in the eye. Then he asked me a question I never thought
anyone would ask me.
"Is that a real smile, or a make-believe smile?"
All I could do was stare at him because no one has ever cared enough to ask me that before.